Etymograph

English

reinter

From re- + inter.

A compound of re- + inter

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *ters- ‘dry’

Vulgar Latin *interrāre ‘to put in earth’

Old French enterrer ‘to bury’

Middle English enteren

English inter

Today it means

verb To bury again, in the same or another grave.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reinter”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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